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Why choose the Graduate School of Business


Our business and management courses rank 4th overall in their subject field in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2024, with top 3 rankings for teaching, student engagement, sense of community and organisation.

Flexible courses designed to accommodate your work and life commitments with block delivery and different entry points through the year.

Build core leadership and management skills as well as specialising in a field of interest with our wide choice of pathways.

About the course

This full-time MBA is a flagship management qualification designed for early-career professionals, fostering rapid career advancement. It enhances leadership and strategic management skills, and offers insight into contemporary business dynamics. This postgraduate programme aims to elevate your capabilities in applying cutting-edge knowledge to organisational growth amidst global competition. Core units cover areas including professional advancement, resource management, and global strategy, preparing you for impactful leadership roles.

You may choose to specialise with the following pathway options:

Facilities and specialist equipment

  • Access our state-of-the-art data lab, equipped with top-tier business analytics software and platforms, including Vensim simulation software, allowing hands-on learning and exploration
  • Benefit from a range of learning resources, such as the Harvard Business Review and Oracle OPERA, to support you on your learning journey 

Industry links

We work closely with local and regional businesses and integrate these relationships into hands-on projects within specific units.Ìý

Student experience

Learn from our highly experienced academic team of industry experts engaged in consultancy, business involvement and social impact.Ìý

Learning supported by extensive Harvard Business Publication resources and simulations. Ìý

Acquire essential professional skills aligned with bodies like the Chartered Management Institute.Ìý

Join our Global Guest Speaker series, featuring academics, industry leaders, and professionals from organisations like Luton Borough Council, the European Commission, and bodies such as the Association of Project Management (APM).Ìý

Participate in field trips to exhibitions like the Great Business Exhibition and Tech Show London, as well as industry visits to companies like TUI, gaining first-hand industry insights. Ìý

Solve real-life problems working with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Research and Innovation Service (RIS) where you can assist local businesses and SMEs to up-skill and innovate.ÌýÌý

What will you study?


ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ing our Master of Business Administration (MBA) course will equip you with the theoretical and practical understanding of contemporary business alongside the skills for leadership and strategic management to address complex challenges confidently in a highly competitive global arena. As a key part of your practice, you will develop the skills for data-driven decision making through working with a diverse range of data sources to inform well-balanced management decisions in our Management Decision Making unit. You will gain the skills to collect, analyse and comprehend organisational, quantitative and qualitative data for the decision-making process. Furthermore, you will learn to understand decision processes used in human resources, financial and sustainable workplace environments to name a few.

To carry with you throughout your practice, our unit in Innovation and Entrepreneurship will allow you to develop the creative thinking skills to perform as a creative leader. You will incorporate elements of change, innovation and entrepreneurship into your performance while considering how this can also be promoted across organisations to build a supportive culture. At the same time, you will examine the organisational barriers to innovation and entrepreneurship informed by participative approaches you can use to facilitate change and therefore continuous innovation as a key to organisational success.

Through incorporating insights from business ethics, sustainability studies and organisational behaviour, you will develop a holistic view of Responsible Leadership and Sustainable Management. In this unit, you will explore contemporary global leadership challenges based on real-world case studies while applying the principles of ethical decision-making and effective stakeholder engagement. This relates to our unit in Strategy: Analysis and Practice where you will be equipped with the practical knowledge of strategic management which you can use to execute effective strategies against business challenges. Working with real-world scenarios created using strategic simulations, you will learn to critically evaluate data sources and industry information to practice making informed strategic decisions in a controlled environment.

Finally, you will complete an MBA Applied Project that will allow you to integrate your knowledge and understanding of business and management with an opportunity to work on a live consultancy project. You will work with an academic lead to apply your research and enhance management and business practice through independent, work-based consultancy. Throughout the course, you will also have the opportunity to work on business, project and consultancy reports to demonstrate your critical thinking abilities, as well as an e-portfolio where you can showcase your progress and skills such as through business simulations. In addition, you will be able to combine your learning with our diverse extra-curricular activities from guest speaker sessions, exhibition visits and entrepreneurship events.

How will you be assessed?


The underpinning philosophy of all assessments is to develop both your knowledge and skills to enter employment as a confident manager with a strong base from which to meet your own aspirations. This requires consideration of your own personal capabilities as well as looking outward at the business world. The aim is for you to become an independent and self-directed lifelong learner. Apart from the formal assessments there will be an emphasis on self peer and group assessment. Tutors will provide feedback on formative assessments to support your development of good academic practice. All assessments are rooted in authentic and practical workplace scenarios to enable the integration of theory and practice in dynamic `real world work contexts. Exams are kept to a minimum. To facilitate learning for all students a range of assessment methods are used throughout the course including: Business Reports to demonstrate contextual insight and professional practice; - Project Plans to demonstrate project planning skills; - Seminar Papers to develop critical analysis skills; - In-class tests of your knowledge of core concepts in context; - Project Report integrates learning throughout the course independently applied in practice; Business simulation where you demonstrate the impact of your strategic decision making. The focus is on the impact of management education to management practice and later assessments require greater complexity and integration through independent study to support your successful transition into work. This is exemplified by two units at the dissertation stage: Management Practice and the Theory into Practice Project. These help you to consider your personal and professional development and the complexity of applying management education in practice once in employment.

Careers


On completing your MBA you will be well placed to fill a wide range of positions. Your team-working skills analytical abilities and understanding of management will be attractive to employers. You would be expected to enter into mid-level management careers in small and medium enterprises and larger organisations or start your own business. If you wish at a later point in your career you could pursue a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA).

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Entry Requirements

2.2 honours degree or equivalent in a related subject area

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

Fees for this course

UK

The standard fee for the MBA for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is £15,400. This is the cost of the whole course.

Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk

International

The 2025/26 academic year standard international fee for an MBA course up to 15 months is £18,000.

For more information on our MBA fees, please see international fees

If you have any questions around international fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk

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